Wardrobe-trunk.



H. DAVIS. WARDROBE TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25, 1910. 978,436. Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

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H. DAVIS. WARDROBE TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED an 25, 1910.

Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

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HERMAN DAVIS, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

WARDROBE-TRUNK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

Application filed May 25, 1910. Serial No. 563,304.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN DAVIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State ofLouisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements inVVardrobe-Trunks, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to wardrobe trunks, and consists in thepeculiar and advantageous wardrobe trunk hereinafter described anddefinitely claimed.

In the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification:Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating atrunk con structed inaccordance with my invention, as open. Fig. 2 is a detail perspectiveview of the combined angular brace and garmentsupport comprised in thesub-section of the trunk. Fig. 3 is an elevation illustrating the outerside of one body section and the outer side of the sub-section when thelatter is closed in the former. Fig. 4 is an en larged horizontalsection taken through the sub-section and the body section to which saidsub-section is hinged, in the plane of the line 4- of Fig. 3, lookingupward. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail vertical section illustrating thearrangement of the sub-section in the body section to which it ishinged. Fig. 6 is a detail vertical section taken in the plane of line66 of Fig. 4.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of thedrawings, referring to which:

A and B are the body sections of the trunk. These sections are hingedtogether at a and are provided at the upper end of the trunk with theusual projections b for preventing the trunk assuming an uprightposition should it be raised upon said end; one of the said projections5 being equipped with a tongue 0 and the other with a socket (Z toreceive said tongue when the trunk is closed. It will also be observedthat the body section B is provided with a vertical series of tongues e,and a femalelock member f, and is further provided at its lower end witha tongue 9.

The body section B may be put to any use for which it is adapted, thoughI prefer to equip it with a series of drawers h, and a hinged door 2'for closing the space above the drawers and which door 2' is heldnormally closed by a suitable fastener j.

The body section A has an outer side wall k much narrower than its innerside wall Z, Figs. 8 and 4, and the outer edge of said side wall is ishinged at m to the comparatively narrow side wall a of the swingingsub-section C. This sub-section C comprises the said side wall a, awider side wall. 19 fixed to and extending at a right angle from theouter edge of the side wall a, an upper rectangular end wall r fixed tothe upper ends of the walls a and p, and a lower end wall 8, fixed tothe lower ends of the walls a and p. From this it follows that thesubsection C is adapted to be readily swung from the open position shownin Fig. 1 to the closed position shown in Figs. 3 to 6, and vice versa.

At the upper and lower ends of its narrow side wall n the sub-section Ois provided with angle plates D which are adapted to lap the end wallsof the body section A when the sub-section is closed therein. Thus itwill be manifest that when the sub-seetion O is closed, the end walls rand 8 thereof will rest adjacent the inner sides of the end walls of thebody section A, and the horizontal portions of the angle plates D willrest against the outer sides of said end walls, and in consequence thesub-section C and the body section A will brace each other, thesub-section C will be effectually held against endwise movement in thebody section A, and all strain will be taken olf the hinges m.

E is the combined angular brace and garment-support of the sub-sectionC. The said brace and garment-support is referably of metal andcomprises a bar t disposed at a right angle to the wide side wall 79 andarranged in front of and spaced from the adjacent edge of the end wall1, an integral portion 14 depending at a right angle from one end of thebar If and rigidly attached to the inner side of the wall 77 near theouter vertical edge thereof, an arm o extending at an acute angle fromthe opposite end of the bar t and arranged against the inner or underside of the end wall 1', and an integral portion to depending from theinner end of the arm 1) and rigidly attached to the inner side of thenarrow side wall a near the hinged edge thereof. By virtue of thisconstruction and relative arrangement, it will be observed that thedevice E is strongly connected to and serves to brace and strengthen thesub-section O; and it will also be observed that the spacing of the bar25 from the adjacent edge of the end wall 7' from said wall.

permits of the hooks of garment-hangers If, Fig. 1, being readilyengaged with and disengaged from the said bar. From this it follows thatany one of the garment-hangers and the garment thereon may be readilyremoved from the bar If without. disturbing the other hangers and thegarments thereon; and it will also be observed that when the sub-sectionC is open all of the garments will be readily accessible, and when saidsub-section is closed, the garments will hang free between the back wallof the body section A, on the one hand, and the wall p and hinged. doorG ofthe sub-section, on the other. The door G is hinged at m to theouter edge of the wall p, and is designed to be secured in its closedposition, Fig. t, by suitable means such as latches 3 adapted to enterkeeper-sockets in the end walls of the body sections A and connectedwith and controlled through the medium of a suitable key 2 which asshown extends through the door to the front side thereof.

\Vith a view of assisting in the support of the sub-section C so as totake strain off the hinges m, I provide on the back wall of the sectionA a bracket P, Figs. 4 to 6, on which the apex of the angular brace andgarment support E rests and bears when the sub-section C is closed. henthe sub-section C and the door G are closed in the body sect-ion A, andthe body sections A and B are swung together and secured by theconnection of the male lock member H on the sub-section C to the beforedescribed female lock member f the novel trunk is adapted to be handledand transported with the same facility as an ordinary trunk. In thisconnection it will be noticed that the sub-section C is provided withsockets a to receive the tongues e of the body section B, and is alsoprovided with the usual spring-pressed loops 5 to rest overprotuberances on the body section B. When desired the sub-section C maybe equipped with the frame I which is detachably connected to and hangsfrom the bar 6 and is designed to confine the garments against the innerside of the section wall 7) and bars J carried by and adapted to extendThe bars J are pivoted at c to the wall 79, and hence when not in usecan be swung to an upright position entirely against the inner side ofthe same. It will also be noted that when the bars J are swung to theirworking position they bring up against stops (Z Attheir outer ends saidbars J are equipped with short straps K bearing buckles L, the bucklesbeing for the adjustable and detachable connection of straps M which areconnected at c to the section wall 12 and are passed through loops 7 onthe frame. I. When it is desired to remove a garment from thesub-section C when the latter is swung to its open posi tion, the strapsM are, of course, disconnected from the buckles L.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is:

In a wardrobe trunk, the combination of a body section having a backwall, a side wall and end walls and also having a compara tively narrowside wall; a swinging subsection comprising a side wall hinged to theouter edge of the narrow side wall of the body section, a side wallfixed to and extending at a right-angle to the outer edge of said hingedwall, and end walls fixed to said side walls and movable parallel to theend walls of the body section and between said walls and in the spaceafforded forward of the narrow side wall of the body section; a bracketon the inner side of said back wall of the body section; and a combinedbrace and garment support formed in one piece and comprising abar spacedfrom that edge of the end wall of the sub-section that is foremost whenthe sub-section is open, a portion depending from one end of said barand fixed to the'inner side of the secondnamed side wall of thesub-section; an arm extending atan angle from the opposite end of saidbar and arranged immediately under the end wall of the sub-section tosupport the same, and a portion depending from the inner end of said armand fixed to the inner side of the first-named wall of the sub-section;the portion of the combined brace and garment support joining the saidbar and the said arm being adapted on closing of the sub-section toassume a position upon and be supported by the said bracket.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

HERMAN DAVIS.

lVitnesses V. F. HIPPLER, E. M. ROBBERT.

